Kuze Hirochika

Kuze Hirochika
Daimyō of Sekiyado
In office
1830–1862
Preceded by Kuze Hirotaka
Succeeded by Kuze Hirofumi
Personal details
Born 1819
Edo, Japan
Died July 28, 1864
Nationality Japanese

Kuze Hirochika (久世 広周, 1819 – July 28, 1864) was a Japanese daimyō of the late Edo period, who ruled the Sekiyado Domain. He served as a rōjū in the Tokugawa shogunate, and briefly as chief rōjū (rōjū shuza 老中首座).

Family

  • Father: Okusa Takayoshi (d.1840)
  • Foster Father: Kuze Hirotaka (1799-1830)
  • Wife: Abe Masakiyo‘s daughter
  • Children:
    • Kuze Hirofumi (1854-1899)
    • Kuze Hironari (1858-1911)
    • Kuze Hiromitsu
    • daughter married Sakurai Tomoyoshi

References

  • Totman, Conrad. The Collapse of the Tokugawa Bakufu, 1862–1868. Honolulu: University of Hawai'i Press, 1980.
Preceded by
Kuze Hirotaka		 Daimyō of Sekiyado
1830–1862		 Succeeded by
Kuze Hirofumi


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